Re: [patch] inotify: fix deadlock found by lockdep

* Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> wrote:

> Subject: [patch] inotify: fix deadlock found by lockdep
> From: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
> 
> This is a real deadlock, a nice complex one:
> (warning: long explanation follows so that Andrew can have a complete
> patch description)
> 
> it's an ABCDA deadlock:
> 
> A iprune_mutex 
> B inode->inotify_mutex
> C ih->mutex
> D dev->ev_mutex

wow!

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

	Ingo
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